EMCC women drop 85-47 home decision to No. 6 Shelton State
The visiting Shelton State Lady Bucs proved why they’re currently ranked sixth nationally with a dominating 85-47 road victory over EMCC's Lady Lions during Monday’s non-conference women's basketball action played at EMCC’s Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.
SCOOBA — The visiting Shelton State Lady Bucs proved why they're currently ranked sixth nationally with a dominating 85-47 road victory over EMCC's Lady Lions during Monday's non-conference women's basketball action played at EMCC's Keyes T. Currie Coliseum.
In Monday men's nightcap action on the Scooba campus, the EMCC Lions continued their upward trend on the national junior college hoops scene by claiming a thrilling 84-82 overtime home win over the 10th-ranked Bucs from Shelton State.
As the final score indicates, the women's contest was all sixth-ranked Shelton State from the opening tip-off to the final buzzer. With EMCC failing to make a field goal through the opening 10 minutes of play, the Lady Bucs mounted a 23-3 lead following the first quarter.
While owning a 44-28 rebounding advantage and outshooting the Lady Lions 55 percent (38-69 FGs) to 29 percent (17-59 FGs) for the game, Shelton State's lead grew to 30 points (45-14) by the halftime break.
Though EMCC outscored the Lady Bucs, 16-15, in the third quarter, the visitors proceeded to build a 40-point margin (81-41) late in the game on Taylor Smith's 3-pointer.
For the 3-4 Lady Lions, Siarra Jackson and Kyunna Thomas combined to score 30 of EMCC's 47 total points in the game. Thomas recorded her fifth double-double in seven games this season with 14 points, including 13 points coming on 6-of-9 shooting following halftime, to go along with 10 rebounds. Jackson's team-high 16 points featured 5-of-8 accuracy from the field and 6-of-7 from the line.
Jemeriah Moore and Nya Valentine paced Shelton State's quintet of double-digit scorers with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Smith added 14 points followed by Asia Barclay and Maya Cunningham with 12 and 10 points, respectively.
East Mississippi's basketball teams will open the MACCC regular-season schedule Thursday (Dec. 2) by taking on Northwest Mississippi at respective campus sites. EMCC head coach Sharon Thompson's Lady Lions will play host to the Northwest women at Currie Coliseum in Scooba, while head coach Billy Begley's Lions will meet the NWCC Rangers at Howard Coliseum in Senatobia. Both contests are slated to tip off at 6 p.m.